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R. M. KILLION & E. M. PERDUE. INK WELL.

Patented Feb. 22, 1898.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RICHARD M. KILLION, OF ROSEDALE, KANSAS, AND EDWARD M. PERDUE,

OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

INK-WELL.

SPECIFICATION forming part ofLetters Patent No. 599,423, dated February 22, 1898. Application filed June 2, 1897- Serial No. 639,183- (NO m l To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, RICHARD M. KILLION, residing at Rosedale, in the State of Kansas, and EDWARD M. PERDUE, residing at Kansas City, in the State of Missouri, citizens of the United States, have invented a new and useful Ink-VVell, of which the followingis a specification.

Our invention relates to improvements in ink-wells for use in school-desks and oflicedesks; and the objects of the improvements are, first, to provide a bottle that cannot be displaced by the pressure of books from beneath; second, to provide a cork attached to the lid so adjusted as to work freely and prevent the evaporation of the ink and the accumulation of dust in the wells. We attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, in which- Figure 1 is a view in perspective of the well without the bottle; Fig. 2, a top view of the same without the lid; Fig. 3, a vertical section of the well on the line A B; Fig. 4, a View of the bottle; Fig. 5, a view of the bolt and tap which secure the cork.

Similar figures refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

The circular plate 1 and the extension thereof, 2, secured to a desk by screws, constitute the framework of the well and are as in other simple ink-wells of like design, and no claim is made on them.

The inner side of the well at the bottom is provided with a continuous flange or shoulder 3 for the support of the bottle in any position, and on the opposite sides with two other flanges or shoulders 4 4above the other and each extending one-fourth of the distance around the inside of the well, leaving open ways 5 5 between the shoulders 4 4 and the continuous shoulder 3 for the reception of the shoulders 6 6 on the bottle,as shown in Fig. 4.

The bottle, as shownin Fig. 4, is placed in the well, so that the shoulders 6 6 pass the vacant spaces between the shoulders 4 4 and then by a half-turn are secured in the ways 5 5, and the bottle cannot be displaced by the pressure of books from below or by the lifting of the lid should the cork be tight.

The bottle, as before stated, is provided with shoulders 6 6 on its opposite sides, and also with a neck set nearer the side opposite the hinge of the lid 8, so as to give a greater radius for the free connection of the cork 9 with the opening '7 in the neck of the bottle.

The lid 8 bears on its under side a cork or stopper 9, attached by a bolt 10 and tap 11.

The cork or stopper is also held more firmly in place by small brad-points on the lid. The cork or stopper is so arranged as to fit accurately the neck of the bottle and prevent the evaporation of ink and the accumulation of dust in the well. The cork or stopper can be replaced when necessary.

This improved device differs from other inkwells and is a novelty and improvement in that the flanges or shoulders 3 and 4 4 and the ways 5 5 for the reception of the shoulders 6 6 prevent the displacement of the bottle by any jar or pressure from books, and is a further novelty in that the lid is provided with a cork or stopper 9 to prevent the evaporation of ink and the accumulation of dust in the Well.

We are aware that ink-wells are in. use. Therefore we do not claim the whole invention broadly; but

What we do claim as our invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- The combination of an ink-well casing having a continuous flange or shoulder 3, and shorter flanges or shoulders 4, 4, inclosing ways or slots 5, 5, with a bottle having flanges or shoulders 6, 6, communicating with said ways or slots, substantially as set forth,

RICHARD M. KILLION. EDWARD M. PERDUE. Witnesses A. A. HOWELL, J. L. HARRINGTON. 

